12:08 PM ET TAMPA, Fla. — Speaking publicly for the first time since ending his NFL retirement after 40 days, Tampa Bay Buccaneers quarterback Tom Brady said Wednesday that he felt pressure to end his retirement because of free agency, and that his key reasons for his indecision stemmed from commitments to his family. “At
12:25 PM ET Twenty years have passed since South America last won a World Cup. The evidence from the continent’s recent set of qualifiers is that Brazil and Argentina are shaping up to be strong contenders in Qatar, and this impression has been emphatically confirmed by their first warm-up meetings with opponents from other regions.
12:22 PM ET ESPN News Services PARIS — Coco Gauff sat plain-faced in her French Open changeover chair after moving one set away from her first Grand Slam final at 18 — just 18! — and calmly snacked on some cut-up pieces of pineapple and other fruit, seemingly without a care in the world. Her
12:35 PM ET DENVER — Colorado Avalanche goaltender Darcy Kuemper is out for Game 2 of the Western Conference finals with an upper-body injury, coach Jared Bednar confirmed Thursday. Backup Pavel Francouz will start in Kuemper’s place on Thursday night, as the Avalanche lead the best-of-seven series after topping the Edmonton Oilers 8-6 in Game
8:04 PM ET Associated Press BOSTON — Red Sox closer Matt Barnes was placed on the 15-day injured list Wednesday with right shoulder inflammation, and left-hander Matt Strahm was activated from the COVID-19 IL prior to a game against Cincinnati. An All-Star in 2021, Barnes struggled down the stretch last season and has failed to
Tea: England 19 for 0 (Crawley 14*, Lees 5*) trail New Zealand 132 (de Grandhomme 42*, Potts 4-13, Anderson 4-66) by 113 runs England ran rampant on the first day of the international summer at Lord’s, as the new captain-coach combination of Ben Stokes and Brendon McCullum enjoyed the perfect start in their efforts to
10:24 PM ET ESPN News Services Michigan standout freshmen Caleb Houstan and Moussa Diabate are staying in the NBA draft. Both players had to make a decision to stay in school or remain in the draft by Wednesday. Houstan is projected to go No. 25 to the San Antonio Spurs next month, according to the
11:35 AM ET Mike CoppingerESPN Teofimo Lopez is on the comeback trail. The former lightweight champion and Mexico’s Pedro Campa have agreed to a deal for a 140-pound bout on Aug. 13, sources told ESPN on Thursday. The Top Rank Boxing on ESPN main event will mark Lopez’s junior welterweight debut and will likely take
11:36 AM ET Arkansas football coach Sam Pittman, who last season guided the Razorbacks to their first Top 25 finish since 2011, has agreed to a new contract through 2026. The new agreement runs through December 2026, but it will be extended by a year if Arkansas wins seven or more games in any season
11:16 AM ET Associated Press MADISON, Ill. — Hendrick Motorsports will return to the Xfinity Series for the first time in more than a decade when it fields cars later this year at Road America, the road course at Indianapolis Motor Speedway and Watkins Glen. The team said Thursday that defending Cup series champion Kyle